Conceptual design of biomass-fired cogeneration plant through a knowledge-based system

Autor(es)

Matelli, Jose Alexandre

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering; v. 38, n. 2, p. 535-549, FEB 2016.
• Citações Web of Science: 3

Resumo

Industries such as sugar/ethanol and paper/pulp generate large amount of biomass as by-products that must be properly handled to avoid environmental damage. A synergetic alternative to address this issue is to use the residual biomass as fuel in a cogeneration plant. In this work, it is presented the development of a knowledge-based system for conceptual design of biomass cogeneration plants. Elicitation from experts and technical literature provides knowledge for the base. A knowledge representation scheme composed of rules, object-oriented and semantic nets because it is flexible enough to cope with future knowledge base expansion. For rapid prototyping, a shell is used to implement the knowledge base. As a result, the system is able to quickly provide high quality conceptual solutions of biomass-fired cogeneration plants to support the designer in his/her decision making. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/12567-2 - Sistema especialista para projeto conceitual de centrais de cogeração a biomassa: aquisição e representação de conhecimento
• Beneficiário: Fernando Luz dos Santos
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica
• Processo FAPESP: 13/06907-8 - Interface gráfica para um sistema especialista para projeto conceitual de centrais de cogeração a biomassa
• Beneficiário: Bruno Robson Pinto
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica
• Processo FAPESP: 11/19099-1 - Desenvolvimento de um sistema especialista para projeto conceitual de centrais de cogeração a biomassa
• Beneficiário: José Alexandre Matelli
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular